"UK, despite being released as the follow-up to Simon and Garfunkel's number one hit ""Bridge over Troubled Water"", and most copies of the UK single misspelled the title as """"Cecelia"""" on the label. Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song) ""Cecilia"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in April 1970 as the third single from the group's fifth studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970). Written by Paul Simon, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a piano bench. They recorded the sound with a tape recorder,"
"Simon & Garfunkel classic ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"" and ""April Come She Will"", and ""A Heart in New York"", a song written by Gallagher and Lyle that appeared on his album ""Scissors Cut"", which had been released the previous month. Simon's solo performances were the title song of his 1975 album ""Still Crazy After All These Years"", the number-one single ""50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"", and the unreleased ""The Late Great Johnny Ace"", which would appear on his 1983 album ""Hearts and Bones"". ""The Late Great Johnny Ace"" was interrupted when an audience member ran to the stage and"
"peaked as a single at #7. ""Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits"" peaked on the U.S. albums chart at #5. On the UK Album Chart, it was a #2 hit. The album has proven a long and durable seller, currently being certified for 14 million units sold in the U.S. alone. It is easily their best-selling album in the U.S., and holds the record in the U.S. for the best-selling album by a duo. In 2003, the album was ranked number 293 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. All songs composed by Paul Simon"
"Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album) Breakaway is the second solo studio album by Art Garfunkel. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by Richard Perry who has produced albums for other artists such as Carly Simon. It includes three Top 40 singles: ""I Only Have Eyes for You"" (US #18, UK #1), ""Break Away"" (US #39) and the Simon And Garfunkel reunion duet, ""My Little Town"" which peaked at #9. ""I Only Have Eyes For You"" is noted also for being Garfunkel's first #1 single in the UK. ""Breakaway"" has proven to be Garfunkel's most successful solo"
"Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned eight Grammys, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and Simon were inducted into the"
"chart two months earlier. However, the album's sales were the lowest for a UK number-one album since Rihanna's album ""Talk That Talk"" returned to number one in August 2012 on sales of 9,578. The Ultimate Collection (Paul Simon album) The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits album by American folk singer Paul Simon. It is the first album to include a selection of Simon & Garfunkel's best-known songs as well as the biggest hits of Simon's own solo career. The album debuted at number one the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart, giving Simon his first UK chart"
"Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. This edition contains both the stereo and quadraphonic mixes. Breakaway (Art Garfunkel album) Breakaway is the second solo studio album by Art Garfunkel. It was released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It was produced by Richard Perry who has produced albums for other artists such as Carly Simon. It includes three Top 40 singles: ""I Only Have Eyes for You"" (US #18, UK #1), ""Break Away"" (US #39) and the Simon And Garfunkel reunion duet, ""My Little Town"" which peaked at #9. ""I Only Have Eyes For You"" is noted also for being"
"sang lead on several of these releases, but not on ""Motorcycle"", which featured Simon's vocal. That same year, Simon also reached No. 99 on the pop charts as Jerry Landis with the novelty song ""The Lone Teen Ranger."" Both chart singles were released on Amy Records. In early 1964, Simon and Garfunkel got an audition with Columbia Records, whose executive Clive Davis was impressed enough to sign the duo to a contract to produce an album. Columbia decided that the two would be called simply ""Simon & Garfunkel,"" abandoning the group's previous name ""Tom & Jerry."" Simon said in 2003"
"it does his solo work. Ranging from the duo's early-'60s breakthrough folk hit ""The Sound of Silence"" to Simon's 1990 percussive, Latin-flavored single ""The Obvious Child,"" this set is focused largely on the more titanic tracks of his career. Displaying his range equally as a singer (""Still Crazy After All These Years"") and a songwriter (the Art Garfunkel-led masterpiece ""Bridge Over Troubled Water""), it's difficult to choose highlights, as almost all of these songs are career highlights and many are widely recognized as iconic classics of pop music. While it would be nice to see some representation of Simon's excellent"
"original material. By 1957, under the name Tom & Jerry, the teenagers had their first minor success with ""Hey Schoolgirl"", a song imitating their idols The Everly Brothers. In 1963, aware of a growing public interest in folk music, they regrouped and were signed to Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Their debut, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", sold poorly, and they once again disbanded; Simon returned to a solo career, this time in England. In June 1965, a new version of ""The Sound of Silence"", overdubbed with electric guitar and drums, became a major U.S. AM radio hit in 1965,"
"million-selling ""Red Rubber Ball""—later a Top Five hit for US group The Cyrkle. The Simon and Woodley collaboration also provided ""I Wish You Could Be Here"" and ""Cloudy"". The Seekers later recorded these three songs, and ""Cloudy"" became an album track on Simon and Garfunkel's hit 1966 album ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme""—the only Simon and Woodley song to appear on both groups' album. However, Woodley's relationship with Simon had deteriorated and Woodley later struggled to get his share of the royalties—his songwriting credit on ""Cloudy"" was omitted from the release of ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"". However, Simon does"
"Two Can Dream Alone Two Can Dream Alone is a compilation album by folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album is a collection of songs from before they recorded their debut album ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."". It also has solo recordings by both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel during this era of their careers. It contains all of Simon & Garfunkel's singles from these years. Six years after its release, a similar album was released which contains all Paul Simon songs except for ""Beat Love"" by Art Garfunkel, which appears on both albums. The songs on that album are"
"for Hurricane Katrina victims. The pair performed together in April 2010 in New Orleans at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. After Simon and Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon began writing and recording solo material again. His album ""Paul Simon"" was released in January 1972, preceded by his first experiment with world music, the Jamaican-inspired ""Mother and Child Reunion"". The single was a hit, reaching both the American and British Top 5. The album received universal acclaim, with critics praising the variety of styles and the confessional lyrics, reaching No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the"
"also from their early years. All songs written by Paul Simon, except where noted Two Can Dream Alone Two Can Dream Alone is a compilation album by folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album is a collection of songs from before they recorded their debut album ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."". It also has solo recordings by both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel during this era of their careers. It contains all of Simon & Garfunkel's singles from these years. Six years after its release, a similar album was released which contains all Paul Simon songs except for ""Beat Love"""
"can tell you exactly how it sits with me... I know my musical taste. I know my ears, I know what I respond to."" Garfunkel has been arrested twice for the possession of marijuana: once in early 2004 and again in August 2005. Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, math teacher and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult"
"album and singles charts in the United Kingdom and the United States at the same time. The Beatles were the only ones who had done this until 1970 when Simon and Garfunkel achieved the same feat with their album ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" and its title track. The song was the fifth of seven songs by the Beatles to hit number 1 in a one-year period, an all-time record on the US charts. In order, these were ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"", ""She Loves You"", ""Can't Buy Me Love"", ""Love Me Do"", ""A Hard Day's Night"", ""I Feel Fine"""
"at number one. ""Bookends"" was considered a breakthrough for the duo, placing them on the same level as artists such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones at the forefront of the cultural movement in the 1960s. The album has continued to receive critical acclaim. Simon & Garfunkel first burst onto the national scene when their hit single ""The Sound of Silence"" made waves on radio in 1965, during a period in which the duo had broken up due to the failure of their debut release, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."" (1964). Following another release, ""Sounds of Silence"" (1965),"
"Boy"" as singles. The album was received with mixed reviews, reaching number 5 in the U.S. In 1974, Garfunkel released the hit record ""Second Avenue"". On his next album, 1975's ""Breakaway"", Garfunkel briefly reunited with Simon for the 1975 hit ""My Little Town"". The album also included the singles ""Breakaway"" (B-Side: ""Disney Girls"") and ""I Only Have Eyes For You"" (a 1934 song written by Harry Warren), which is noted as Garfunkel's first UK number one. In 1976, Garfunkel recorded both background and duet vocals for several artists, including Stephen Bishop's ""Careless"" album, James Taylor's ""In The Pocket"" album and"
"unless otherwise noted. !scope=""row""| Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits is the first compilation album from Simon & Garfunkel, released on June 14, 1972, two years after the duo had split. The album is currently available on CD under Legacy's Playlist banner. The album was a mix of original studio recordings and four previously unreleased live recordings. The album's minimalist packaging does not specifically date the latter; however, the live versions of ""For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"" and ""Kathy's Song"" included on ""Greatest Hits"" were also included on the"
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night ""7 O'Clock News/Silent Night"" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" (1966). The track is sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol ""Silent Night"" with a simulated ""7 O'Clock News"" bulletin of the actual events of August 3, 1966. The track is a sound collage and simply constructed: it consists of the duo singing ""Silent Night"" two-part harmony over an arpeggiated piano section. The voice of the newscaster is that of Charlie O'Donnell, then a radio disc jockey. As the track"
"spectrum and was sometimes criticized for a certain collegiate sterility."" He noted that some critics regard Simon's later solo work superior to Simon & Garfunkel. The Grammy Awards are held annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Simon & Garfunkel have won 9 total competitive awards, 4 Hall of Fame awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the bestselling music groups of the 1960s and became counterculture icons of the decade's social revolution,"
"The Ultimate Collection (Paul Simon album) The Ultimate Collection is a greatest hits album by American folk singer Paul Simon. It is the first album to include a selection of Simon & Garfunkel's best-known songs as well as the biggest hits of Simon's own solo career. The album debuted at number one the UK Albums Chart and the Scottish Albums Chart, giving Simon his first UK chart topper since 1990. Timothy Monger gave the album a 4/5 review and said: ""Though billed as a Paul Simon anthology, Sony's 19-song Ultimate Collection features nearly as much Simon & Garfunkel material as"
"agreed to write songs for the Mike Nichols film ""The Graduate"". The resulting single, ""Mrs Robinson"", became a smash hit, and both ""The Graduate"" soundtrack and Simon & Garfunkel's next studio album ""Bookends"" were major hits on the album chart, with combined total sales in excess of five million copies. Simon and Garfunkel's fifth and final studio album, ""Bridge over Troubled Water"" (1970) reached number one in the US album charts in January 1970 and became one of the most successful albums of all time. Davis lured artists Hoyt Axton and Tom Rush to Columbia in 1969, and both were"
"returning to England and Art Garfunkel to his studies at Columbia University. In the spring of 1965, the song began to attract airplay at radio stations in Boston, Massachusetts, and throughout Florida. The growing airplay led Tom Wilson, the song's producer, to remix the track, overdubbing electric instruments and drums. Simon & Garfunkel were not informed of the song's remix until after its release. The single was released in September 1965. The song hit No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for the week ending January 1, 1966, leading the duo to reunite and hastily record their second album, which"
"Simon became the ""neighborhood hit."" His father wrote the words and chords on paper for the boys to use. That paper became the first officially copyrighted Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel song, and is now in the Library of Congress. In 1957, in their mid-teens, they recorded the song ""Hey, Schoolgirl"" under the name ""Tom & Jerry"", a name which was given to them by their label Big Records. The single reached No. 49 on the pop charts. After graduating from Forest Hills High School, Simon majored in English at Queens College and graduated in 1963, while Garfunkel studied mathematics"
"a Rock"", a song that first appeared on his 1965 debut solo album, ""The Paul Simon Songbook"". Simon & Garfunkel's third album, ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"", was released on October 10, 1966, and produced five singles. It peaked at number four in the US and number thirteen in the UK, and received a three-time multi-platinum certification by RIAA. The single ""Mrs. Robinson"" was included in the band's first and only soundtrack, ""The Graduate"", and was later included on their fourth studio album ""Bookends"", which was released on April 3, 1968. It peaked at number one in both the US"
"buzz surrounding the surprise reunion of the two singers helped to generate anticipation for each of their solo albums, which were released within a few weeks of the performance on ""Saturday Night Live"". Credited on both albums as being performed by 'Simon & Garfunkel', ""My Little Town"" became the duo's eighth top-ten hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in late 1975, peaking at number nine. It spent two weeks atop the ""Billboard"" adult contemporary chart, and was their second number one on this survey as a duo. Both singers have hit number one on the adult contemporary chart as"
"that this renaming as ""Simon & Garfunkel"" marked the first time only artists' surnames had been used in pop music. Simon and Garfunkel's first LP, ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."", was released on October 19, 1964; it consisted of 12 songs in the folk vein, five written by Simon. The album initially flopped. While in the UK, Simon co-wrote several songs with Bruce Woodley of the Australian pop group the Seekers, including ""I Wish You Could Be Here,"" ""Cloudy"", and ""Red Rubber Ball"". Woodley's co-author credit was omitted from ""Cloudy"" on the ""Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme"" album. The American group"
"Garfunkel's biggest hit single, and it is often considered their signature song. It was a number one hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for six weeks, and it also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and New Zealand. It was a top five hit in eight other countries as well, eventually selling over six million copies worldwide, making it among the best-selling singles. It became one of the most performed songs of the twentieth century, with over 50 artists, among them Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, covering the song. It was ranked number 48 on ""Rolling Stone""'s"
"features a prominent reverb effect, creating a dreamy ambience. This version peaked at number 11 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and number 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It ranked as the 73rd biggest hit of 1959 by Billboard. ""Rolling Stone"" magazine ranked the Flamingos' version as number 157 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. A recording of the song by Art Garfunkel was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in October 1975 for two weeks. The song was his first hit as a solo artist in the"
"in Paris and Copenhagen, along with London and other locations in the UK. In 1964, Simon and Art Garfunkel had released the folk-inspired album ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."" in the US. While Simon was touring and appearing on radio shows in England in 1965 (sometimes with Garfunkel), he began to receive attention from fans. At the time ""Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."" had not yet been released in Britain (and would not be until 1968). Simon's other recordings then available in Britain consisted of three 45 rpm singles released on various labels, two of which were rock 'n' roll-inspired recordings with"
"the finished product would be an all-new Simon & Garfunkel studio album. Garfunkel left the project and Simon worked the material into a solo album. Although in 1983 the album was considered somewhat of a commercial failure and signaled a low point in Simon's career, the passage of time has been kind to the album. It has been re-examined and considered to be one of Simon's more important records and a lyrically strong one. Robert Christgau later referred to the album as being ""a finely wrought dead end."" There were two songs from this album released as singles. The first"
"Watermark (Art Garfunkel album) Watermark is the third solo studio album by Art Garfunkel, originally released in October 1977 on Columbia Records. The first single, ""Crying in My Sleep"", failed to chart, but the follow-up, a version of ""(What a) Wonderful World"" (featuring harmony vocals from Garfunkel's old partner Paul Simon and mutual friend James Taylor) reached #17 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The songs ""Watermark"" and ""Paper Chase"" had previously been performed by Richard Harris on his albums ""A Tramp Shining"" and ""The Yard Went On Forever"". This album is also"